Tell me something good about white rice.

Other than it tastes great

Lately I've been trying to eat more white potatoes instead, as they're a more nutritious source of starch, but I still get cravings for rice. When I eat it I instantly feel good - it lifts me in a way no other real food does.

But it's just pure starch, right? Pretty nutritionally void? So why does it make me feel better than potatoes, or even bananas?

I have a (layman's) theory that a depressed physiology operates better on chemically simple, energy rich foods. Or is there some micro-nutrient in rice that can't be derived elsewhere?

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

i feel better on rice too, but i always thought that had to do with the butter, salt, and pepper or raw fish that i eat with it. otherwise i see it has pure starch, which i just consider energy food. but i prefer it to potatoes some days; potatoes can make me feel heavier.

Hmmmmm....white rice. Oh yes I do know something good about it which I'll gladly share with you! My Mom would take two pieces of cotton material (approx. 8"x8") sew them together leaving one end open and and pour white rice into the open end. She then sewed that end together so it looked like a very small pillow with the white rice as a filler. This was used in our family as a hot pad (put in oven or micro wave) or ice pac (place in freezer) depending on the muscle soreness issue. It actually worked quite well and would last a long time!

But other than that I'm not aware of any good news regarding white rice Good luck finding some! Peace...5x

Cronometer shows that 1 cup of long grain white rice cooked has 205 calories and 44.5 grams of carb. Less than half a gram of fat, and about 4.3 grams of protein.

It also has some B vitamins, but not much B12. And about 24% of the iron recommended in a day.

I don't see anything magic about white rice. But now that I've switched to totally non-CAFO meat, it sure helps the budget.

Yip, it's also pretty high in manganese, but irrespective its nutritional profile doesn't rival starch sources like potatoes or bananas... so why would I crave it?

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

i feel better on rice too, but i always thought that had to do with the butter, salt, and pepper or raw fish that i eat with it. otherwise i see it has pure starch, which i just consider energy food. but i prefer it to potatoes some days; potatoes can make me feel heavier.

Interesting that you get that too! I agree it's pure energy food... that's where my theory about the depressed physiology comes in. Maybe such a pure source of starch is easier for a weakened body to break down to energy? Just speculating...

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

Hmmmmm....white rice. Oh yes I do know something good about it which I'll gladly share with you! My Mom would take two pieces of cotton material (approx. 8"x8") sew them together leaving one end open and and pour white rice into the open end. She then sewed that end together so it looked like a very small pillow with the white rice as a filler. This was used in our family as a hot pad (put in oven or micro wave) or ice pac (place in freezer) depending on the muscle soreness issue. It actually worked quite well and would last a long time!

But other than that I'm not aware of any good news regarding white rice Good luck finding some! Peace...5x

Let me guess - you eat low carb?

"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.

In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."

I don't really crave white rice, but I still eat it about twice a week anyway. I don't do it on any sort of schedule, I just get a Chipotle burrito bowl whenever I don't pack lunch white rice, fajita veggies (peppers), steak or steak and carnitas, salsa and I'm good to go.